A telephone message from Chicago Tuesday
to the Theiler family bore the sad tidings that Mrs.
Theiler’s grandson, Irving Theiler Colburn, was killed in
action in North Africa on May 11th, 1943. The
message from the department to his parents in Chicago, gave no
details.

Irving was the only child of Cullen and
Sophia (Theiler) Colburn of Chicago; and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
C.A. Colburn. He was 24 years of age on March 20. Three
years ago he enlisted in the Air Force and was a member of the
Sqdn. 20 at Langley Field, Va., where he received honors as a
bombardier. He was among the first of the government forces
to arrive in the North African area, having gone to Iceland with
the troops, where he was for some time, and was then transferred to
England for about a year before going to the front.